I Love Kanji躓く (tsumazuku)
躓く (つまずく, tsumazuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to trip (over); to stumble”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つまずく
- Romaji
- tsumazuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to trip (over); to stumble · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to fail; to suffer a setback · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 躓く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 躓く | つまずく tsumazuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 躓きます | つまずきます tsumazukimasu |
| Negative | 躓かない | つまずかない tsumazukanai |
| Polite negative | 躓きません | つまずきません tsumazukimasen |
| Past | 躓いた | つまずいた tsumazuita |
| Polite past | 躓きました | つまずきました tsumazukimashita |
| Negative past | 躓かなかった | つまずかなかった tsumazukanakatta |
| Te-form | 躓いて | つまずいて tsumazuite |
| Potential | 躓ける | つまずける tsumazukeru |
| Passive | 躓かれる | つまずかれる tsumazukareru |
| Causative | 躓かせる | つまずかせる tsumazukaseru |
| Volitional | 躓こう | つまずこう tsumazukou |
| Imperative | 躓け | つまずけ tsumazuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 躓けば | つまずけば tsumazukeba |
Kanji in 躓く
Source: JMdict entry 1573400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.